To find out what one is fitted to do, and to secure an opportunity to do it, is the key to happiness.
The golden opportunity you are seeking is in yourself. It is not in your environment; it is not in luck or chance, or the help of others; it is in yourself alone.
He who does without the praise of the crowd will not deny himself an opportunity to be his own adherent.
I am convinced that the majority of people would be generous from selfish motives, if they had the opportunity.
A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
Democracy does not guarantee equality of conditions - it only guarantees equality of opportunity.
When written in Chinese, the word 'crisis' is composed of two characters. One represents danger and the other represents opportunity.
Courage is the greatest of all virtues, because if you haven't courage, you may not have an opportunity to use any of the others.
If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door.
Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness.
When a man marries his mistress it creates a job opportunity.
Procrastination is opportunity's assassin.
I believe that every right implies a responsibility; every opportunity, an obligation; every possession, a duty.
If I had it all to do over again, I would do most all things differently. However, how would I know that if, I had not had the opportunity to do them the first time.
In these days, it is doubtful that any child may reasonably be expected to succeed in life if he is denied the opportunity of an education.
It is our art that has an opportunity to leave a footprint in the sand. They don't wrap fish in our work.